A bit shorter than usual, because I didn't rant as long as I thought I would.
The Auschwitz Volunteer. The most disturbing book on WWII that I've read.
From Dictatorship to Democracy
PDF version of From Dictatorship to Democracy
Israel arrests members of a Jewish extremist group.
Thailand resort attracts jihadists.
Egyptian burial site contains 1 million bodies
Socket wrench in SPAAAAAAAACCCCEEEEE!
Photos of the tool boxes on the ISS
Cricket bat gets man labeled a 'terrorist.'
Missouri state official wants women to get permission from a man to have an abortion.
Previous bill by the same dickwad.
SCOTUS denies stay to Florida's attempt to cockblock gay marriage.
TN town fails to understand how the internet works.
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Monday, December 15, 2014
Episode 30: Hangin' With the Big J!
Early Christian Father Julius Firmicus
First newspaper account of the trial of the enigmatic Dr. Thomas
Second newspaper account of the Dr. Thomas that Doane mentions.
Third newspaper account of Dr. Thomas.
Fourth newspaper article about Dr. Thomas
Canadian Methodist church minister (whom I misidentified as a bishop) who got into trouble due to Dr. Thomas.
The images of Krishna that Doane talks about.
Indra looking like Wolfman "Jesus"
Christ on a banister, or Indra on an altar, you decide.
The Thanjavur district in India
The Hindu god Kalki
Serapis, the god who looks like Jesus with a flower pot on his head.
Codex Borgia
Codex Vaticanus B
Codex Rios
Batshit crazy website with photo of the codex illustration of Quetzalcoatl being crucified.
The illustration, if you'd like to skip the batshit crazy part.
The knotted necklaces I mentioned in the podcast. It turns out that they have been partially decoded, but much of the information contained on them remains a mystery.
Wiki article on the earliest depictions of Christ crucified.
Elymus the magician
First newspaper account of the trial of the enigmatic Dr. Thomas
Second newspaper account of the Dr. Thomas that Doane mentions.
Third newspaper account of Dr. Thomas.
Fourth newspaper article about Dr. Thomas
Canadian Methodist church minister (whom I misidentified as a bishop) who got into trouble due to Dr. Thomas.
The images of Krishna that Doane talks about.
Indra looking like Wolfman "Jesus"
Christ on a banister, or Indra on an altar, you decide.
The Thanjavur district in India
The Hindu god Kalki
Serapis, the god who looks like Jesus with a flower pot on his head.
Codex Borgia
Codex Vaticanus B
Codex Rios
Batshit crazy website with photo of the codex illustration of Quetzalcoatl being crucified.
The illustration, if you'd like to skip the batshit crazy part.
The knotted necklaces I mentioned in the podcast. It turns out that they have been partially decoded, but much of the information contained on them remains a mystery.
Wiki article on the earliest depictions of Christ crucified.
Elymus the magician
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Episode 0029 Blame Fuzznuts!
Okay, while Fuzznuts is basking in the warmth from the kerosene heater, let me get the show notes posted.
Old laptop batteries could provide power to slums.
Giant tulip shaped solar power plant to provide power in Ethiopia
Jevon's paradox
Kenya school to use poo power.
Catholic nutjob Bill Donahue thinks atheists are mentally ill.
Former Vatican bank execs have assets seized.
American who helped craft Ugandan "Kill the Gays" law charged with "Crimes Against Humanity."
Uganda tries again on anti-gay law.
Oldest human made engravings found.
Largest stone block carved in antiquity found.
Tiny satellites cost a "mere" $20K.
Tiny CubeSats used on the ISS.
Project wants to use CubeSats to provide global internet access.
New Horizons probe wakes up 1 month before it reaches Pluto.
ETA: The Dollop episode on Ferguson.
Thanks for listening!
Old laptop batteries could provide power to slums.
Giant tulip shaped solar power plant to provide power in Ethiopia
Jevon's paradox
Kenya school to use poo power.
Catholic nutjob Bill Donahue thinks atheists are mentally ill.
Former Vatican bank execs have assets seized.
American who helped craft Ugandan "Kill the Gays" law charged with "Crimes Against Humanity."
Uganda tries again on anti-gay law.
Oldest human made engravings found.
Largest stone block carved in antiquity found.
Tiny satellites cost a "mere" $20K.
Tiny CubeSats used on the ISS.
Project wants to use CubeSats to provide global internet access.
New Horizons probe wakes up 1 month before it reaches Pluto.
ETA: The Dollop episode on Ferguson.
Thanks for listening!
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Episode 28 40 Wasted Days and Wasted Nights
In this slightly shorter than usual episode, I read from chapter 19 The Temptation, and Fast Of Forty Days from TW Doane's work Bible Myths and Their Parallels in Other Religions. I also announce the winner of the cover art for the contest I'm planning on launching later on this month. Its Steve at Hudson Media from Columbus, OH. You can see his entry below.
I blather on a bit in the podcast about how Doane admits that there's a significance to the number 40, which is common in a considerable number of religions, but gives no explanation as to why that might be. I think that I might have figured it out. Forty is double the number of fingers and toes a human being has, so in societies where numeracy is limited, this would seem to be a very large number, and would be something common in all societies. The speculation about Venus that I talk about in the podcast is likely to have come later, once societies had become literate, I think. I'll blather more about it in the next episode.
I'd also like to give a big shout out to Tom and Cecil over at the Cognitive Dissonance Podcast for playing my voicemail. They rock, and for anyone who found me thanks to them, I want to thank you for listening, and apologize in advance for not being the least bit funny.
I blather on a bit in the podcast about how Doane admits that there's a significance to the number 40, which is common in a considerable number of religions, but gives no explanation as to why that might be. I think that I might have figured it out. Forty is double the number of fingers and toes a human being has, so in societies where numeracy is limited, this would seem to be a very large number, and would be something common in all societies. The speculation about Venus that I talk about in the podcast is likely to have come later, once societies had become literate, I think. I'll blather more about it in the next episode.
I'd also like to give a big shout out to Tom and Cecil over at the Cognitive Dissonance Podcast for playing my voicemail. They rock, and for anyone who found me thanks to them, I want to thank you for listening, and apologize in advance for not being the least bit funny.
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